PRECURSOR

When a wave of global disasters coincides with a mysterious neurological outbreak, a burned-out neurosurgeon risks everything to expose a terrifying truth: the end of the world is being deliberately engineered.

Set in the near future, the world begins to unravel in ways that defy logic—earthquakes in impossible locations, tsunamis reshaping coastlines, planes falling from the sky, and now a bizarre contagion that’s driving its victims mad with chronic déjà vu.

At the center is Dr. Michael Shaw, a brilliant but deeply broken neurosurgeon, who teams up with a group of unlikely allies—a journalist, a priest, a rogue scientist—each trying to explain the chaos through their own lens: science, faith, or conspiracy. But as the events escalate, a chilling pattern emerges. The disasters aren’t random—they’re connected. And they’re being orchestrated by a powerful, centuries-old secret society engineering what they call “precursor” events in order to trigger the apocalypse.

Tonally, it’s MR. ROBOT meets THE LEFTOVERS—a grounded, character-driven, psychological thriller with global stakes, where a series of escalating disasters appear to be by design, and the real tension comes from not knowing what—or who—to believe.

  • Steve Brown
    Writer
    Precursor, The Age of the Empath, Into the Ether
  • Project Type:
    Television Script
  • Genres:
    Sci-Fi, Thriller, suspense
  • Number of Pages:
    60
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • NexTV Writing & Pitch Competition

    November 1, 2024
    Winner
  • Los Angeles Film & Script Festival, 15th Annual

    April 1, 2025
    Winner - Best Script (Sci-Fi)
  • Northern Virginia International Film & Music Festival

    May 1, 2025
    Winner - Best Teleplay (Sci-Fi & Thriller)
  • American Filmatic Arts Awards

    January 13, 2026
    Winner
  • Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood, 15th Annual

    March 1, 2025
    Winner - Award of Merit
  • Berlin International Screenwriting Festival

    November 4, 2025
    Winner - Best Television Screenplay, Pilot
  • Bridge Fest

    December 24, 2025
    Winner - Best Short TV Screenplay
  • HorrOrigins Film Festival

    November 6, 2025
    Winner - Best Pilot
  • Cinematography & Photography Awards

    December 8, 2025
    Winner - Best Television Script
  • IndieX Film Fest

    January 1, 2025
    Winner - Best Short Script
  • Boomtown Film & Music Festival

    March 6, 2026
    2nd Place
  • New York International Film Awards

    October 1, 2024
    Winner - Best Series Pilot Script
  • Moondance International Film Festival, 27th Annual

    February 15, 2026
    Winner - Best TV Pilot Script
  • Phoenix Rising International Film Festival

    November 19, 2025
    Winner - TV Pilot Episode Screenplay
  • London Frames International Film Festival

    March 1, 2025
    Winner
  • The IndieFEST Film Awards

    November 5, 2025
    Winner - Awards of Excellence, Best Script/Writer
  • Accolade Global Film Competition

    September 11, 2025
    Winner - Award of Excellence
  • RED Movie Awards

    December 1, 2024
    Winner - Best Script
  • Swedish International Film Festival

    September 1, 2024
    Winner - Best Pilot Script
  • 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival

    September 1, 2024
    2nd Place - Best Pilot Script - Outstanding Achievement Award
  • ISA Fast Track Fellowship, Fall

    October 1, 2024
    2nd Round Selection
  • ISA Fast Track Fellowship, Fall

    September 10, 2025
    2nd Round Selection
  • Sedona International Film Festival

    January 21, 2026
    Runner Up
  • SoCal Screenplay Competition, 10th Annual

    January 26, 2026
    Runner Up
  • WriteMovies Writing Contest 80

    December 19, 2025
    Honorable Mention
  • Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Fall

    November 1, 2024
    Honorable Mention
  • Finish Line Script Competition

    June 1, 2025
    Honorable Mention
  • The Art of Brooklyn Screenplay Contest

    May 28, 2025
    Honorable Mention
  • Los Angeles Movie Awards

    May 12, 2025
    Honorable Mention
  • For You TV

    November 25, 2025
    Honorable Mention
  • Williamsburg International Film & Music Competition

    September 21, 2025
    Honorable Mention
  • The Macoproject Film Festival

    December 16, 2025
    Honorable Mention
  • Launch Pad Pilot Competition

    March 1, 2025
    Top 100
  • Barnstorm Fest

    December 30, 2025
    The Short List
  • Script Summit

    September 1, 2024
    Finalist
  • Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition

    December 1, 2024
    Finalist
  • Cinequest Film Festival, Screenwriting Competition

    March 1, 2025
    Finalist
  • Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards, Spring

    September 30, 2025
    Finalist
  • Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival

    October 20, 2025
    Finalist
  • BOLT - 2024

    August 1, 2024
    Finalist
  • BOLT - 2025

    August 1, 2025
    Finalist
  • Best Script Awards - London

    January 1, 2025
    Finalist
  • Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival

    November 25, 2025
    Finalist
  • Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival

    September 27, 2025
    Finalist
  • Page Turner Awards

    August 25, 2025
    Finalist
  • San Francisco IndieFest, Screenplay Competition, 28th Annual

    January 18, 2026
    Finalist
  • Geneva International Science in Fiction Screenplay Awards

    October 1, 2024
    Finalist
  • Feel The Reel International Film Festival

    November 1, 2024
    Finalist
  • Hollywood Weekly Magazine Film Festival

    November 14, 2025
    Finalist
  • SoCal Film Awards, 21st Annual

    January 20, 2026
    Finalist
  • San Francisco IndieFest, Screenplay Competition, 27th Annual

    January 1, 2025
    Finalist
  • Creative World Awards

    May 15, 2025
    Finalist
  • PitchVision Showcase

    July 15, 2024
    Finalist
  • Oniros Film Awards, New York

    June 1, 2024
    Finalist
  • Hollywood International CINEVERSE Screenplay Awards

    September 25, 2025
    Finalist
  • Cambridge Script Festival, Spring 2025

    April 1, 2025
    Finalist
  • Great American Script Contest

    October 20, 2025
    Finalist
  • ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition

    January 1, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards, Season 9

    February 1, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Filmmatic - Pitch Now Screenplay Competition, Season 8

    January 16, 2026
    Finalist
  • Filmmatic - Pitch Now Screenplay Competition, Season 7

    January 1, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Scriptwriters & Co. International Festival

    May 1, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Script2Comic - Horror2Comic

    May 1, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Stage 32 9th Annual Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenwriting Competition

    September 12, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards

    October 1, 2024
    Semifinalist
  • Writers X Writers

    May 1, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards, Season 2

    December 1, 2024
    Semifinalist
  • Nantucket Film Festival, Tony Cox Screenplay Competition

    May 28, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Omaha Film Festival, 21st Annual

    January 5, 2026
    Semifinalist
  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards - Diversity Initiative VIII

    December 1, 2024
    Semifinalist
  • Stage 32 - Search for New Blood Screenwriting Contest

    January 1, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • New York Script Awards

    August 6, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Scriptation Showcase

    June 17, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Dallas International Film Festival

    April 1, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival

    October 31, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition

    July 9, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Emerging Screenwriters Thriller Screenplay Competition

    July 9, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, Spring 2025

    August 1, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Hollywood Indie Festival

    December 29, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition

    August 11, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards, Season 10

    June 15, 2025
    Semifinalist
  • BlueCat TV Writing Competition

    June 24, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab, Spring 2025

    March 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition

    August 1, 2024
    Quarterfinalist
  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Summer

    June 27, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Fall 2024

    February 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards (Season 9)

    November 1, 2024
    Quarterfinalist
  • Outstanding Screenplays TV Pilot Competition

    March 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Winter

    July 1, 2024
    Quarterfinalist
  • New York International Screenplay Awards - NYISA

    April 1, 2024
    Quarterfinalist
  • Emerging Screenwriters Drama Screenplay Competition

    May 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Atlanta Film Festival, Screenplay Competition

    March 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Emerging Screenwriters Horror Screenplay Competition

    June 12, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • ScreenCraft Horror Competition

    February 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition

    February 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Atlanta Film Festival, Screenplay Competition

    February 6, 2026
    Quarterfinalist
  • Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, Spring

    November 1, 2024
    Quarterfinalist
  • Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitch Deck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Contest, Winter 2025

    May 4, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Manchester Film Festival, Screenplay Competition

    March 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • WeScreenplay TV Pilot Lab

    February 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenwriting Competition

    September 1, 2024
    Quarterfinalist
  • New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition & Film Awards

    August 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Hollywood Storytellers Script Competition

    December 16, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • The Southern California Screenplay Competition

    January 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival

    September 14, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • ScreenCraft Drama Competition

    January 1, 2025
    Quarterfinalist
  • Emerging Screenwriters Screenplay Competition

    January 8, 2026
    Quarterfinalist
  • Cannes International Screenplay Awards by CINEVERSE

    December 21, 2025
    Official Selection
  • London Film and Horror Film Awards

    September 19, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Culver City Film Festival

    December 3, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Los Angeles Short Film Awards

    December 9, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Silicon Beach Film Festival

    September 3, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Los Angeles Movie and Music Video Awards

    November 14, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards

    December 25, 2025
    Nominee
  • Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition

    January 21, 2026
    Quarterfinalist
  • Depth of Field International Film Festival

    March 15, 2026
    Winner - Silver
  • Scriptwriters & Co. International Festival

    February 26, 2026
    Semifinalist
  • Barcelona Indie Festival

    March 1, 2026
    Nominee
  • Beyond Hollywood International Film Festival

    March 9, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Sunset Film Festival

    March 13, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Katra Film Series

    March 27, 2026
    Semifinalist
  • BLASTOFF

    March 30, 2026
    Semifinalist
  • UK Film Festival

    April 6, 2026
    Top 45
  • Emerging Screenwriters Thriller Screenplay Competition

    April 8, 2026
    Quarterfinalist
  • Filmmatic Inroads Fellowship, Season 9

    April 15, 2026
    Finalist
  • Big Apple Film Festival Screenplay Competition, Spring

    April 30, 2026
    Honorable Mention
  • New York International Screenplay Awards (NYISA)

    April 27, 2026
    Finalist
  • Paramount Film Festival Los Angeles

    April 29, 2026
    Winner - Best TV Pilot
  • Los Angeles Reel Film Festival

    May 6, 2026
    Honorable Mention
  • Manhattan Film Festival

    May 7, 2026
    Official Selection
  • Finish Line Script Competition

    May 8, 2026
    Honorable Mention
  • Creative World Awards

    April 23, 2026
    Top Finalist
  • Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards, Season 11

    May 16, 2026
    Finalist
  • Cambridge Short Film Festival

    May 18, 2026
    Nominee
  • Richmond International Film Festival

    June 16, 2026
    Quarterfinalist
Writer Biography - Steve Brown

Steve Brown, a graduate of the UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting, holds dual degrees in Journalism and English from the University of Arizona. In 2023, he transitioned from corporate copywriting (for popular brands such as Nintendo and Kaplan Test Prep) to fully pursue a career in screenwriting. Today, he maintains a focus on mysterious, cerebral, sci-fi storytelling with built-in, thought-provoking social commentary. Steve’s works, while always grounded in reality, take a deep dive into quantum theory, collective consciousness, spirit science, ancient symbology, mysticism, and other curious phenomena.

In less than three years, Steve has garnered more than 300 awards, including wins at the Richmond International Film Festival, NexTV Writing & Pitch Competition, and 58th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. He has also been recognized by the Nicholl Fellowship, Slamdance, BlueCat, Finish Line, Launch Pad, ScreenCraft, Dallas International Film Festival, Vail Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Cinequest Film Festival, Big Apple Film Festival, Creative World Awards, Emerging Screenwriters, and Scriptation Showcase (among others).

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